Tomokazu Harimoto, Miu Hirano and other top Japanese table tennis players will look to develop themselves to genuinely become the world's dominant powerhouse by competing in the newly launched professional T.League.
The league kicks off on Oct. 24 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, which usually serves as the national sumo venue, with a men's matchup between the T.T Saitama and Kinoshita Meister Tokyo.
The women's circuit will begin the following day at the same arena between the Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya and Nippon Life Insurance Red Elf.
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